Grip



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GRIP

Filed July 31, 1931 gmntouf, I 67mm? er I Jpz'ck/emire mi Irma Taylor,

Patented May 17, 1932 UNITED stares rarsnr crater.

CHESTER r. srroxnmamn, or WHITEHALL, Ann IRMA TAYLOR, or IVIUSKEGON,

MICHIGAN GRIP Application filed July 31, 1931. Serial No. 554,287;

The present application relates to. a grip for tools, and more particularly to a grlp primarily adapted for use in connection wlth hooks for making hooked rugs, and other tools intended to be similarly operated.

11;" hand. A furtherobject of the inventions to provide a grip of the character described so constructed that the tool carried thereby is positioned substantially as a continuation of the index finger of the operator. Further ac objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, our invention may be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings are illustrative only, and that change may be made in the specific construction illustrated and described, so long as the scope of the appended claims is not violated.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rug hook to which is secured a grip constructed in accordance with the present invention, the grip being held in an operators hand;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the grlp with its attached tool; c

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the grip; and

Fig. 4 is an elevation taken from the opposite end of the grip, and showing the shank of the tool in section. V

Referring more particularly to the drawings, it will be seen that we have illustrated a tool grip comprising a body of generally rectangular form. Throughout the specification and claims, the side of the grip will be con-- sidered as the top the side 11 the bottom; the side 12 the rear; and the side 13 the front side of the grip. The body of the grip is thicker at its upper edge 10 than at its bottom edge 11-, and is thicker at its rear edge 12'than at its front edge 13. V

A continuous groove 14 is formed in said body, said groove comprising aportion 15 lying in the side 10, a portion 16 lying in the side 12, and a curved portion 17 joining the. portions 15 and 16 and let into the corner of the body between the sides 10 and 12. The portion 17 of the groove 14 is let into the body corner a material distance, thereby defining projecting ears 18 and 19 bounding said portion 17 of said groove.

At its lower rear corner, the body is notched or recessed, as at 20. The front edge 13 of the body is recessed along a smooth curve, as at 21, whereby a relatively sharp corner 22 is formed between said edge 13 and the edge 11.

at its upper forward corner, the body is formed with a projection 23 in which is formed a socket 24 adapted to receive the shank 25 of a tool. In the present instance, said tool isformed at its free end with a hook 26, and a latch 27 pivoted at 28 to the shank 25 is movable in the plane of the hook 26 to open and close saidhook 26. The tool per se is well known, and is not a part of our invention.

In use, the grip is positioned in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1. The portion 16 of the groove 14 accommodates the metacarpal 29 of an operators index finger. The second and third phalanges of the index finger fall naturally into-the portion 15 of the groove 14, and lie substantially perpendicular to the metacarpal 29; while the first phalange 31 of the index finger lies partially in the portion 15 and partially in the portion 17 of the groove 14, the oint between the metacarpal and the first phalange being comfortably received within the rounded portion 17 of the groove, and between the ears'18 and 19. The notch 20 smoothly and comfortably receives the mound 32 at the base of the index finger. The main body portion of the grip is gripped between the operators thumb and the metacarpal and the first phalange of the midbase of the swelling formed by the car 18. The joint between the first and second phalanges of the operators middle finger die finger, the thumb pressing against the Li a continuation of the snugly embraces the corner 22 of the grip.

It will readily be seen that this arrangement provides a very comfortable and nontiring grip for the operators hand, and that the shank 25 of the tool carried by the grip is so positioned as to constitute substantially a second and thirt phalanges of the operators index finger.

While the grip herein disclosed is useful in connection with a great many different types of tools, it may be very happily associated with a tool of the character illustrated. When so associated, the tool will preferably be positioned in the manner illustrated, the plane of the hook 26 being disposed at an angle tothe median plane of the body of the grip. While that angle may be of any desired magnitude, we have found that we obtain very satisfactory results when the plane of the hook makes substantially a 45 angle with the plane of the grip body.

We claim as our invention:

1. A grip for tools comprising a main body formed adjacent one edge with a thickened portion provided with a longitudinally extending groove adapted to accommodate an operators index finger, a socket formed in said-body adjacent said grooved edge and parallel with said groove, said socket being I adapted to receive the shank of a tool, the

main portion of said body being adapted to be gripped between the operators thumb and middle finger.

2. A grip for tools comprising a body provided, adjacent one edge, with a longitudinal- 1y extending socket adapted to receive the shank of a tool, said body being formed to provide a groove extending longitudinally of said one edge and parallel to said socket to accommodate an operators index finger,

whereby the tool shank is positioned, when said grip is held in an operators hand, substantially in continuation of the operators index finger,

3. A grip for tools comprising a body formed with one substantially rectangular corner joining two of its sides, and a continuous groove formed in said body, a portion of said groove lying in one of said sides being adapted to accommodate the three phalanges of an operators index finger, another portion of said groove lying in the other of said sides being adapted to accommodate the metacarpal of such finger, and another portion of said groove let into said cornerbeing adapted to accommodate the bent joint between the metacarpal and the first phalange of the fin- *er. 7 7 a 1. A grip for tools comprising a generally rectangular body, thicker at its top than at its bottom, and thicker at its rear side than at its front side, and a continuous groove formed in the upper and'rear sides of said body and let into the corner. between said sides to form a smoothly rounded curve, the

the first and second lower rear corner of said body being notched, and the front side of said body being rearwardly recessed in a smooth curve.

5. A grip for tools comprising a generally rectangular body, thicker at its top than at its bottom, and thicker at its rear side than at its front side, and a continuous groove formed in the upper and rear sides of said body and let into the corner between said sides to form a smoothly rounded curve laterally bounded by projecting ears, the lower rear corner of said body being notched, and the front side of said body being rearwardly recessed in a smooth curve.

'6. A grip for tools comprising a generally rectangular body, thicker at its top than at its bottom, and thicker at its rear side than at its front side, said body being formed with a continuous groove lying partly in its upperside to accommodate the three phalanges of an operators'finger,.partly in its rear side to accommodate the metacarpal of the finger,

and let into the corner between said sides to accommodate the joint between the metacarpal and the first phalange of the finger, and the lower rear corner of the body being notched to accommodate the mound at the base of the operators finger;

7. A grip for tools comprising a'generally rectangular body, thicker at, its topthan at its bottom, and thicker at its rearside than at its front side, saidb'ody being formed with a continuous groove lying partly in its upper side to accommodate the three ph-alanges of an operators finger, partly in itsrear side to accommodate the metacarpal of the finger, and let into the" corner between said sides to accommodate the joint between the metacarpal and the first plial'ange' of the finger, the

7 lower rear corner of the bodybein-gfnotched side to accommodate the three phalangesof an operators finger, partly in its rear side to accommodate the metacarpal of the finger, and let into the corner between said sides to accommodate the joint between the metacarpal and the first phal'an-ge of the finger, the lower rear corner-of-thebody being notched to aeconnnodate themound at the base of the operators finger, and the front side of said body being recessed to accommodate the first phalange of an adjacent finger and to provide a projection at the lower front corner of the body: adapted to be embraced between phalanges of said adjacent finger; r

9'. A' grip 'for tools com-prising a body shaped to be embraced comfortably between the thumb and middle finger of an operators hand, said body being formed with a notch receiving the mound at the base of the operators index finger, and with acontlnuous groove positioned'to receive the metacarpal and the three phalanges of the index finger, with the second and third phalanges disposed substantially at right angles to the metacarpal and with the first pha-lange disposed at an obtuse angle to the metacarpal and to the second phalange.

10. A grip for tools comprising a body shaped to be embraced comfortably between the thumb and middle finger of an operators hand, said body being formed with a notch receiving the mound at the base of the operators index finger, and with a continuous groove positioned to receive the metacarpal and the three phalanges of the index finger, with the second and third phalanges disposed substantially at right angles to the metacarpal and with the first phalange disposed at an obtuse angle to the metacarpal and to the second phalange, said body further being formed with a tool-receiving socket parallel to that portion of said groove adapted to receive the second and third phalanges of the operators index finger.

11. A shaped to be embraced comfortably between the thumb and middle finger of an operators hand, said body being formed with a notch receiving the mound at the base of the operators index finger, and with a continuous groove positioned to receive the metacarpal and the three phalanges of the index finger, with the second and third phalanges disposed substantially at right angles to the metacarpal and with the first phalangedisposed at an obtuse angle to the metacarpal and to the second phalange, said body further being formed with a tool-receiving socket parallel to that portion of said groove adapted to receive the second and third phalanges of the operators index finger, and with a projection adapted to be embraced between the first and second phalanges of the operators middle finger.

12. The combination with a needle formed with a hook at its end and provided with a pivoted latch movable in the plane of said hook, of a grip comprising a body formed with a socket receiving the shank of said needle, said body including a substantially plane portion adapted to be gripped between an operators thumb and middle finger, and further being formed with a continuous groove accommodating the metacarpal and the three phalanges of the operators index finger with the the second and third phalanges disposed substantially at right angles to the metacarpal, the plane of said hook making an acute angle with the plane of the substantially plane portion of said body.

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